>> thank so much for joining us, sunday, april 9. i'm gray hall alongside jeanette reyes, nydia han has the day off. >> here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." dozens of people are killed in egypt after explosions at two churches. ahead we'll tell you who is claiming responsibility. >> plus, crews were called in

to rescue a driver after a horrific crash. the details just ahead. >> now, let's take you live sky6 live hd live picture of center city through the temple university camera. things are starting to heat up, the question is, how warm will it get? >> good question, let's go outside to chris sowers with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, chris it's looking pretty good. >> reporter: it is beautiful out here, this afternoon, fire up the grills, temperatures are in the 60s. we have wall-to-wall blue skies. 61 degrees in philadelphia. that's a popular number at this midday hour. 61 for reading, allentown, trenton, millville, dover, atlantic city and philadelphia. wilmington, 62. cape play, 55. beach haven, 56. lancaster checking in at 60. here's satellite and radar, just like early morning we had completely clear skies up and down the eastern seaboard thanks to high pressure. it's firmly in control today. if you're heading to citizens

bank park within the hour, bring along sunglasses and sunscreen. that sun will be beating down all day long. first pitch, 64 degrees, 1:35. in the 9th inning up to 68 degrees. quick warmup today, 80s return to the area for the first time since october. we get a chance to dry out from the all the rain we had over the last week to ten days. when i come back we'll have all the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. guys, thank you for the update. today's warmer weather has a lot of people heading outside. today is just day one of a warm stretch it will feel more like summer than spring. which is not so bad. "action news" reporter, nora muchanic is down on kelly drive with the details and soaking up the sun, nora. >> reporter: hi, there, jennette, what a great day it is

and how fun is it to know more great days are coming. it's a motivator to get people out of bed and put the sneakers on and do something. it's busy on kelly drive and it keeps egg getting busier as people head outdoors. >> it's gorgeous out here. i want to run down to east falls. the weather is perfect for this, no wind, it's sunny and gorgeous. >> joe had plenty of company along the kelly drive which was busy with folks out for an early morning activity. >> it's been a long winter. it's nice to see the sun shining and the flowers getting ready to bloom and the bird singing. >> reporter: it's great. >> i'm so happy to be back outside running, it was a horrible winter. i love running up and down the river here. >> reporter: there are bikers and runners and plenty of rowers on the delaware for the regatta. spring flowers are blooming

great color along with a bright sun are big motivators to get outside and do something. >> i walk everyday i can't come if it -- i don't care if it is cold, i walk to work at the art museum. >> reporter: it's a whole lot better when it is like this? >> whole lot better. >> reporter: karen is from this area originally and here visiting from north carolina. she is thrilled to see familiar sights. >> i'm taking in the sights, watching the kids rowing. it's just fun. this is great. >> reporter: and you can almost feel how the warm weather gives everybody a pick me up, if you're exercising it's nice to do it in this kind of weather than out in the cold. the good news there's more of it to come, you might be wise to get out the t-shirts and the shorts. live along the kelly drive, nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." gray? >> thank you so much.

developing from egypt, bombings at two churches in different cities have killed 37 people in the first attack, a bomb exploded at a church in the nile delta city of tanta killing 26 people and later an explosion hit a cathedral in the coastal city of alsand -- alexandria. that blast killed 100 people. isis claimed responsibility for the attacks after recently warned it would step up attacks on egypt's christians. this noon, new reports and videos of bombing in syria in the same rebel held province that a horrific chemical attack toops -- took place last week. this after president trump ordered a bombing of a syrian air base.

rex tillerson told george stephanopoulos he would confront russia about the full removal of assad's chemical weapons. >> clearly they have been incompetent or out-maneuvered by the syrians. >> united states ambassador to the united nations said if president trump needs to do more he will do more. >> friends and neighbors rescued a man trapped on the roof in logan section before 7:00 a.m. this morning. you can see the flames and smoke there. the person was rescued from the rooftop before firefighters got to the scene. crews were able to bring the fire under control. no injuries reported and no word on what started the fire. a driver had to be rescued after a car crash in new castle county delaware. the driver lost control at naamans road in talleyville.

they say the car ran off the highway and hit a utility pole. the driver was trapped and had to be freed by firefighters. it is unclear at this hour if the driver sustained any injuries. three people were injured and a suspect arrested after an accident that stemmed from a police pursuit. police say the suspect was fleeing police when the suspect's vehicle collided with another car. two people in that vehicle and the person in the suspect's vehicle were injured. police took the suspect into custody and recovered a handgun. two people were injured in an overnight crash and philadelphia police say drunk driving is suspected. two cars collided head on along the roosevelt boulevard in the city's hunting park section. this happened at 3:00 a.m. police say that a car was traveling northbound near north 5th street when the driver lost control and crossed the center line and hit the other

car. two men were injured and taken to einstein to be treated. a woman was taken into police custody for alleged dui. happening today there will be restrictions along the benjamin franklin parkway. it's all in preparation for the nfl draft happening near the philadelphia museum of art. >> you will want to take note of new round of parking restrictions that go into effect at midnight. drone 6 flew over the parkway and the massive amount of equipment that's there already in place as crews begin their work on the outdoor theater and exhibit. here's what you need to know the two right lanes of eakens oval in front of the art museum steps will be closed for the building of the theater. this is the first phase of parking restrictions. other phases begin april 19 and 24th. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend the draft and the draft festival. the draft is april 27 to the 29th. here's a look at the closures that begin at midnight. spring garden westbound will

close at pennsylvania avenue. the westbound center roadway of benjamin franklin parkway will maintain two lanes from 20th to eakens oval. the left lane of the benjamin franklin parkway will be closed from east eakens oval to spring garden street. the parkway will continue to southbound kelly drive where it will open to three travel lanes. there will be a lane drop at 25th and the benjamin franklin parkway. there's a lot of to remember, but we'll have that posted at our website 6abc.com. good job, jennette. >> thank you. today marks the start of the holiest week on the christian calendar. cardinal's carried palm frawns and pope francis -- frawns.

christians across the delaware and lehigh valleys are sell braight -- celebrating the great feast. palm sunday includes reading of the passion of jesus christ the account of his sentencing to death and execution. this friday will mark the day that jesus was killed. next sunday easter is the holiest day of the year for christians. it celebrates the christian belief is that jesus rose from the dead. the jewish celebration of passover begins tomorrow morning. passover is the festival of freedom which commemorates the exodus from egypt. passover ends on the evening of tuesday, april 18. a lot going on. >> much more to come on "action news" sunday afternoon. we have details on how botox could be used to treat

depression. >> plus, not again, bounce house chaos in florida. the scene after not one, but two bounce houses weren't airborne. all right, meteorologist, chris sowers will be back with the full accuweather forecast. if you love the sun, you'll love today. we'll be right back. is like

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chris sowers could win. i would beat you, gray. >> speaking of walking, you can go out for a stroll or run. >> reporter: you saw nora she didn't have a jacket on, i didn't have a jacket on. it's very, very nice out there. let's get you outside, down in cape may, nice slice of boardwalk pizza that will do with all the sunshine. bright blue skies and comfortable temperatures. it's beautiful everywhere you go throughout the region today. let's flip it over to the radars. the radars are clear. we don't have to worry about any precipitation for several days until wednesday morning, it's a brief shower at best. most of the upcoming seven days look dry. 61 in philadelphia. dewpoint, 19. the air continues to dry out. the pressure is rising. winds out of the west/southwest very light at 10 miles per hour. again, 61 a popular number this afternoon. cape may it's a little cooler because of the ocean influence,

55. same number for the poconos. lancaster, 60. wilmington, 62. all the locations are generally ten degrees warmer than the same time yesterday. satellite and radar, high pressure firmly in control. most of the eastern half of united states very, very quiet this afternoon, the high sitting right about there. all the clouds to the west, the storm track, the storm track is like this. last week it was run running over top of the delaware and lehigh valleys. that's why storm after storm bombarded the region. this week the track is out here, that's where all the storm will travel. the result driver weather for us. surface maps, high pressure right there, winds out of the southwest warmer temperatures up and down the eastern seaboard. new england shooting into the 70s today and tomorrow and tuesday. all that weather stays out there to the west. we'll flip it over to future tracker 6, really we're not timing out anything, i won't put

any pause points on this. today looks good, tomorrow looks good, tuesday looks good, tuesday night into wednesday there could be a brief shower popping up in a couple of locations. most of us day dry, the air is very, very dry. it's a very weak front that's pushing through. the combination of the two means most of us stay dry, maybe one or two spritzes with that that's about it. that's the the big story with te warmup or the frontal systems pushing through. winds surge out of the southwest. look what they were forecasterring for tuesday, -- forecasting for tuesday. fayetteville, 81. dallas won't touch it. 74 degrees down there on tuesday, we're ten degrees warmer than that. for today, enjoy it, mostly sunny, comfortable. 70 degrees is the forecasted high. overnight tonight clear and mild, 44 degrees, outlying suburbs, 49 for center city.

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, i bumpedded monday, you up, as well. 7 the degrees, tomorrow's record was 89 set back in the 1930s, that's been quite sometime since we've seen that kind of temperature around here. tuesday, that would tie the record high. we could break tuesday's high. wednesday, clouds and sun, 72. thursday, 70. good friday looks great, sunshine and pleasant, high of 66. mostly sunny, next saturday with a high of 68 degrees. just in case you're wondering, a lot of you have plans easter sunday there will be showers around around, but doesn't look like a wash. just a few showers. >> no complaints at all. >> a good sunday. >> chris, thank you. to "healthcheck," botox could be used say therapy to help treat major depressive

disorder in women. it been used to help with chronic migraines. botox is moving into the final testing stages to treat depression. it have an affect on the brain's chemical i am -- imbalances. a noise j night in dallas, sex a noisy night in dallas, texas. what panicked residents and kept them up through the night. we'll be right back. >> so glad you stayed with us,

five children were hurt when two bounce houses went airborne in south carolina this weekend. it happened during a church carnival yesterday afternoon. take a look at this. police say the wind pick up the bounce houses and tossed them with kids inside. one crashed into a tree and one into a power line.

several children fell 40 feet to the ground. the severity of their injuries not known at this point. >> another frightening incident residents of dallas, texas were startle the at 11:40 p.m. by the blast of emergency sirens across the city. officials say someone hacked into the siren system and activated all of them. it took almost two hours for them to shut it all down. officials said they don't know who did it, but they know how it was done and have made the necessary changes to the system to insure it doesn't happen again. >> don't mess with texas. behind the walls of a california state prison, shakespeare is being performed. >> show your mended face. >> the shakespeare company has been training inmates to perform the play king john. they performed the play for visitors and fellow inmates from

level 3, most are serving life terms. the first time leveling three prisoners are allowed in the program. >> it's packed day at the sports complex in south philadelphia. >> and the sixers and the flyers just ahead in sports. welcome back time 12:24 p.m.

in sports, the phillies offensive outburst last night earned them a new place in the team's record books. >> jeff skeverski has the highlights of a night to remember. >> reporter: the phillies have been playing baseball since the year 1883, that's 135 seasons.

yet last night against the nationals. they did something they have never, ever done before. the phillies come out swinging against their nationals first inning, here we go. one through 6 hitters, 9 for 9, 11 rbis. 8-0. phillies. runs are falling all over the place. keep smiling. later in the first, mikhail franco, rbi double. later in the first, michael saunders, rbi double. it is his second hit of the inning. 11-0. we're still not done, net batter, joseph again. phillies score 12 times in the first for the first time in team history. phillies win 17-3. here the guys after this historical night last night. >> a lot of guys were able to

put the bat on the ball and hit the ball hard and hopefully we can carry this over until tomorrow. >> hurting with way too many injuries and losses, sixers coach said his team is still fighting to the end. brett brown fighting to end the losing streak against milwaukee. later in the second, fighting for the basket, scores 14 on his 23rd birthday. the sixers up as many as ten, but the bucks beat them up in the third arena put them away in the 4th. season ends wednesday. flyers go home tonight for the season, even though they have won more home games than any other flyers team in the last 16 years. joe biden cheering on the flyers, thumbs up against

columbus. two quick goals in the first. defenseman on the board. 2-0 flyers, on the power play, jake borachek, flyers go on to win 4-2. they win 6 at home. steve mason may have played his final game as a flier. >> it's going to be an exciting and stressful time. >> assessment of the union not good so far. looking for their first win against portland, they give up three straight goals. on the penalty kick, he scores and take the ball them. 3-1 the final. they have the worst record in major league soccer. the final round of the masters in augusta. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski have a great day. >> it was an emotional day for carolina hurricane forward brian

bickerle who was diagnosed with ms, he was at a walk benefit and got quite the surprise. >> your team is hear to walk would you today. >> very emotional, the entire team members of the hurricanes organization came out to support him, all of them wearing the t-shirts that said number 29 on the back. he fought back tears as he hugged and high fived teammates and friends. he cast off the emotional day by announcing he would be retiring. >> our producing was tearing up when she was telling me about it. >> that's understandable. another half-hour of "action news" is ahead. >> here's some of the stories we're working on for you, the car ends up on the tracks of a septa station. how the car got there. >> the search for a 15-year-old girl and her former teacher

continues. now the family is taking legal action. those stories and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, and a whole lot more when "action news" comes right back. happening right now on

"action news," bombings at two churches in egypt have killed nearly 40 people. the latest on the attack. plus, the search continues for the person responsible for abducting and sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl, where police are hoping to find

clues. while you were asleep or drinking a cup of coffee, hundreds ever others were packing up food, we'll tell you why. >> outside we go to meteorologist chris sowers, it's all good news. >> reporter: i might do the rest of the show out here, crystal clear skies and lots of sunshine and pleasantly warm. we're already above yesterday's high it is only midday. 61 in center city. 66 in malvern. new holland, 61. bethlehem, 62. newtown, levittown, 63. mount laurel, cinnaminson, 61. fortescue cooler on the bay because of the water. 55. tuckahoe, 59. cape may, 66 decrease. citizen sat cloud cover out to the west, it's a good four hundred miles to the west. you'll see a ton of blue sky

from start to finish this afternoon. the call from accuweather today, mostly sunny and comfortably warm, refreshing, 70 degrees is the forecasted high. so the pattern turns warmer. it stays very dry over the next several days. we had a lot of rain this past week, the last ten days, actually. this upcoming week we don't have a chance of rain at all. maybe a spotty shower tuesday into wednesday morning, it's a 20% chance. everyday is dry, so looking good, when i come back in just a few minutes we'll look at the 80s heading this way in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. guys. >> >> the number of dead after two bombings at churches in egypt continue to increase. 40 people are dead as a result of the blast. nearly 100 people were hurt, isis has claimed responsibility for the attacks after recently

warned it would step up attacks on egypt's christians. the u.s. is showing its might by sending the carrier, u.s.s. vincent to the peninsula. it is part of the navy carry strike formation in the pacific. north korea tested a ballistic missile before president trump's meeting with the president of china. it is preparing for another nuclear chest. >> delaware community remains on high alert as police search for the man who abducted and sexually assaulted a 4-year-old girl, police keeping a high presence in the village of plum run as detectives check out tips and surveillance video. that little girl was playing outside her home in the 4800 block of sugar plum court when she was taken. two hours later she had found in

banning park 8 miles away. parents have strong words of caution for their kids until the attacker is caught. >> if you don't recognize the person don't talk to them, whether they have a puppy or candy or anything like that don't go near them. >> friday police found a potential lead some suspicious tire tracks not far from the abduction scene. >> the search is on for a man who tried to abduct a seven-year-old in quakertown bucks county. the boy said he was riding his bike when a man jumped out from behind a bush and tried to grab him on the unit block of elm street friday morning. the child ran to the elementary school where he was found by his mother. police are asking anyone with information to please contact them. >> right now a suspected arsonist locked up in jail. police say this surveillance video is of 59-year-old juan barclay as he tried to open car doors in south philadelphia.

minutes later he was seen near a fire at the 4th street deli. he was convicted of setting this fire and two others in the city. take a look at this. a car drove over the septa platform in fern rock. the driver told police the brakes failed while pulling into a parking lot on the 1100 block of west nedro street. nobody was hurt, no charges have been filed. but the investigation continues. the time 1:35. an early morning -- 12 5:00 p.m., an early-morning shooting left a man in critical condition in the kensington section. police were called out at 5:15 a.m. for reports of gunfire. officers arrived and found blood at the scene and did not find the victim. a short time later a 20-year-old man was dropped off at episcopal

hospital with a gunshot wound to the face. he is in critical condition. no arrests have been made. 55-year-old man is behind bars accused of running a prostitution operation in georgetown, delaware. police found several men leaving his mobile home for a short time. inside they found a 25-year-old woman from the dominican republic confined in the bedroom. she was being forced to perform illicit acts. he is being held on $250,000 bail. restrictions along the benjamin franklin parkway will begin tonight. >> the new round of parking restrictions will go into effect at midnight. drone 6 is flying over the parkway. you can see the massive amount of equipment as crews gin their work on the crowd door theater and exhibits there.

two right lanes of eakens oval in front of the art museum steps will be closed for the buildings of the theater. this is just the first phase of parking restrictions. other phases begin april 19th and 24th. hundreds of thousands of people expect to attend the draft and the draft festival. the draft, april 27th to the 29th. here's a look at the closures that begin at midnight. spring garden westbound closes at pennsylvania avenue. westbound center road of benjamin franklin parkway will maintain two lanes from 20th discreet to eakens oval. the left lane of benjamin franklin parkway will be closed from east eakens oval to spring garden street. the parkway will continue to southbound kelly drive. it will open to three travel lanes. southbound kelly drive will have a lane drop between 25th and benjamin franklin parkway. jennette, we know that was a lot to say for you earlier a lot for

me right now, but it's at our website 6abc.com. >> i bet you could memorize that. >> no. >> authorities are setting up new campaign to stop serious and deadly crashes. state police have partnered in the drive to save lives campaign. a nationwide effort including 14 other states to change high risk behavior of motorists to decrease the number of collisions. >> the enforcement initiative will focus on speeding, aggressive driving, distracted driving, impaired driving, seat belt use and motorcycle and commercial vehicle safety enforcement. >> i-95 has been ranked among the top ten in fatalities for the last several years and the 5th most dangerous interstate in the u.s.

>> there are big changes at one of delaware's beach communities. you can no longer smoke on public beaches in south bethany. the council voted 5-1 to ban smoking on the beaches and pedestrian dune crossings. the changes takes place this weekend. members of the council help the ban will encourage health and protect people from secondhand smoke. signs will be added to inform beachgoers of the change. the jewish celebration of passover begins tomorrow evening. to make sure people have food for their passover seder, 400 volunteers got together to package and deliver food donations, this is the 20th year that the project hope has been organized. they distribute food to more than 600 homes. >> along with the great weather there's fun and excitement at the philadelphia zoo as they celebrate autism awareness day.

more than 1,000 people are expected to attend the events sponsored by the greater philadelphia autism society. the 18th annual awareness autism day includes puppets and magic at the philadelphia zoo, it goes on until 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. sunday major developments in the investigation of a deadly truck attack in sweden. what we know about the suspect in custody. an outstanding performance comes to philadelphia. details on an orchestra bringing stories to life without a conductor. >> have you been outside? if not, we'll take you live outside right now. sky6 live hd, meteorologist, chris sowers says you'll enjoy today. it's picture-perfect. we'll have more when "action news" continues.

>> thanks for staying with us, the time 12:42 p.m.

today marks the last day of the cherry blossom festival a grand finale of the scrapes culture at the philadelphia horticulture center. there will be a sushi making contest and pet parade and much more. the fun continues until 5:00 p.m. today. boy, what great weather to do all that. especially eating the sushi and not making it. >> reporter: i've never been big on sushi but i'll take your word for it. looking at the benjamin franklin parkway, look at the blue skies, a nice comfortable afternoon of we have the slightest breeze out of the west/southwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. numbers have shot up into the 60s, more importantly there's no humidity out there, it feels really, really comfortable. radars clear we don't have to worry about any precipitation

we'll be dry for the next several days. 70 degrees that's 8 degrees higher than the seasonal average of 62. 61 in philadelphia and allentown. millville, 61. cape may, 56. just the lightest wind speeds out of the west/southwest 5 to 10 miles per hour. it's lighter than the 30 to 35-mile an hour gusts that we saw yesterday. satellite and radar cloud cover across the northern tier states more like the high plains and western great lakes. it's clear everywhere else. most of the eastern seaboard, desert southwest, packed northwest couple of clouds. this is the only area we're watching, it's a small front that will be charging east over the next couple of days. very weak and insignificant not much energy with it. it will drive east tuesday into wednesday. it will run into the middle of high that's bringing us the most beautiful weather it's almost like a bermuda high.

the high will bully it's the pattern here. if it makes it through the region, we're not looking at any dramatic changes. temperatures behind the front will be in the 70s for wednesday and thursday, again, as the front charges east it picks up the warm air here, dallas, 735. 73 in -- 75. 73 in memphis and it pushes into the east, coral lines -- carolinas and the virginias. 70 in dover, 62 in cape may. trenton, 68. allentown, 69. reading, 70. overnight tonight, clear skies, temperatures are not going to drop off like they did this morning. some locations dropped into the 20s and 30s this morning. we'll go mid to upper 40s. 49 in philadelphia. 47 in dover. cape may, 48. 45 degrees in reading. the exclusive accuweather

seven-day forecast, i bumped the numbers up for tomorrow. sunny and warm, 82 degrees, now the first time in 6 months that we hit 80 in philadelphia. tuesday we're challenging the record high of 84. forecasting 84. wednesday, clouds and sun, 72. thursday, partly sunny, stays nice, 70 degrees. good friday, sunshine, 66. even saturday, mostly sunny, very, very nice, 68 degrees. jennette? >> 12:45 p.m. you're not imagining things there's bad news at the pump since gas prices hit the highest points since january. suppliers are switching to a expensive summer blend of gasoline. the price for regular is $2 nationwide. 2.39. in philadelphia, 2.60 per gallon. in new jersey, drivers are paying 2.33. in delaware, 2.28 per gallon to fill up. >> some of the country's most

talented classical musicians are coming to philadelphia to stage a conductorless concert. karen rogers has the details in 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: the east coast chamber or which he orchestra ia critically acclaimed string ensemble known for putting on self conducted concerts. they are all under the age of 40. >> it's a labor of love for them. that's what you will see on stage that's what you can see watching them. they will take audiences on a journey through folk tunes and tales from around the globe starting with the philadelphia premier of a thousand cranes. a piece inspired by an ancient japanese legend. it features a guest harp iist.

>> it is based on a short story called the mask of the red death. >> the group will have five folk melody. >> they play arty, dance like folk tunes that you would larry coming from poland. >> reporter: they end with a melody by check -- czech composer. they make concerts with world renown artists affordable with tickets only $25 or less. the east coast chamber orchestra concert is friday me perelman kimmel center and theater. you can find ticket information

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glad you stayed with us, this is a live look outside sky6 live hd giving you a beautiful image over center city. it will be beautiful today. if you don't like today's weather, please send your complaints to chris sowers. today we're learning details about the suspect of the deadly truck attack that happened in stockholm, sweden. swedish police say the man was rejected sigh let me -- asylum seeker. he drove a stolen beer truck into the crowd. police arrested a second person in the case. police are holding four others in custody. in florida, police there investigating a shooting at a luxury fitness club. a former employee shot and killed two people at the gym in

coral gables. he targeted the two victims after a dispute with them. the victim and manager and trainer were airlifted to a trauma center. the search for a 15-year-old tennessee girl and high school teacher has taken on a new urgency. the two have been missing for four weeks. elizabeth thomas was seen two days after she disappeared. she and the suspect tad comings were caught on surveillance video at a walmart in oklahoma. 700 miles away from home. the family has filed a petition in court against cummings in hope of questioning local residents who might know something. >> we have concerns that there are people that have been told not to talk. >> the teen's father said elizabeth might be staying with cummings over a sense of guilt because he was suspended from his job after the two were seen kissing. >> which you can berry fans are

getting there -- chuck berry fans are getting a chance to pay their respects to the rock and roll great. ♪ love that voice and that music. a public viewing is being held right now in st. louis for fans of the legend behind such classics as johnny brchlts -- johnny b. good and sweet little 16. he was the first person ever inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. on friday, the rock and roll hall of fame ceremony kicks off with a tribute to chuck berry. >> when "action news" continues an update on our top stories. plus a final look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast all that coming up in just a moment. stay with us. >> recapping our top stories on

"action news," the city of philadelphia starting to close sections of streets to traffic and parking in preparation for the nfl draft on april 28th. at 12:01 a.m., police will close two right lanes of eakens oval in front of the art museum. all the closings are at 6abc.com. the search continues for a man who abducted and sexually assaulted a 4-year-old girl on thursday. new castle county police hope surveillance video will lead them to the suspect. crews rescued a driver after his car went out of control in new castle county,

delaware. look at this seen. the car was wrapped around the utility pole. no word on his condition. no charges have been filed. >> let's get a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. looks like we have a good day today. >> reporter: one thing thing i will not be doing today is sitting inside. maybe i'll go for a bike right or something like that. sunny skies, 70 degrees, we've bumped monday up from 81 to 82. tuesday from 82 to 84. that would set the record high set back in 1987. we'll still showing temperatures in the 70s. you're our m.v.p. today. >> dozens of area residents are spending time needling each other for a bunch of deserving kids. they are taking part in a workshop coats for kids. it's a nationwide effort to

donate more than 30,000 quits -- quilts to children's hospitals across the condition. >> now for nydia han, chris sowers, jeanette reyes, and for the entire "action news" team. i'm gray hall. make it a great day.

>> i'm karen rogers. >> and i'm melissa magee, tonight on fyi philly. >> it's time to get hopping for the 86th annual easter promenade. >> a flower market! >> we meet a designer creating the eternal spring. >> philadelphia's so-called seafood whisperer has a new home in haddonfield. >> after the meal, we devour hand-crafted desserts >> and we're backstage on broadway family-friendly shows headed to philly. >> hi everyone and welcome to fyi philly! >> we are getting into the spirit of spring with this gorgeous floral wall. >> time to step and repeat >> and time to get hopping! easter's on its way. >> and for philadelphia, there is a long tradition of celebrating. >> we're talking about the easter promenade now in its 86th year. >> so break out those fancy bonnets and sunday best and meet me on south street.